Ron Wood - Test Eagle # 6651

[Dwight Gruber]

Originally posted by Pete Ebbink
[B]According to M. Reese in his 1st. edition of his book "U.S. Test Trials 1900 Luger" on page 27 :

"...They were received in two shipment: October 26, 1901 - 800 pistols, and October 29, 1901 - 200 pistols..."

How would it have been possible for someone to write a report on Nov. 7, 1901 about how the guns performed when they were received only a week prior to the report date ???B]

The paper with this gun is ambiguous, and subject to misreading. The documents reproduced in Reese show that pistols were -shipped- to the 11th Cavalry at Fort Ethan Allen on Nov. 7, 1901.

This is indeed Capt. White's (Troop E) report. The reproduction in Reese is part of a summary report, so there is no date attached.

The pistol number in the report is, of course, a complete fabrication.

--Dwight